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Description of a new species of Marionia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Tritoniidae) from the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean)

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A new species of dendronotid nudibranch, Marionia abrahamorum sp. nov., is described here. This species was found on Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, eastern Atlantic Ocean), and its description is based on its morphological characteristics as well as molecular data from two mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and 16S rRNA) markers and one nuclear (histone-3) marker. This species differs from all known Tritoniidae in terms of its size, color pattern, notum pattern, number of velar processes, number of gills, presence of stomach plates, and radular formula. The phylogenetic results support the results of the morphological analysis, confirming its placement within the genus Marionia.

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales; Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI·MAR), Av. República Saharaui, s/n, Ap. 40, 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain;, Email: [email protected] 2: BIOCON Research Group, IU-ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Islas Canarias, Spain 3: Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Campus de Excelencia Internacional UAM + CSIC, C/Darwin, 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM); Campus de Excelencia Internacional UAM + CSIC C/Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación Marina (INMAR), Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI·MAR), Universidad de Cádiz, Av. República Saharaui, s/n, Ap. 40 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain 4: Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales; Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI·MAR), Av. República Saharaui, s/n, Ap. 40, 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación Marina (INMAR), Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI·MAR), Universidad de Cádiz, Av. República Saharaui, s/n, Ap. 40 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain

Publication date: 01 July 2019

This article was made available online on 17 April 2019 as a Fast Track article with title: "Description of a new species of Marionia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Tritoniidae) from the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean)".

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